Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-15

on smoothly shavsn Lawn. One u
had been made two inches shorter ihA
It's mate by some injury rsesivsd. Yo
will notice ,ha, this man /, treated wit
the CREATES, respse, by his rough com
panion,. A man has a,, been sho
ou, on the range half a mile away by
vicious young rascal The sheriff hs
arrived from Lexington TO make the AZ
re.i. and the crowd Is discussing ih'
shooting affair and expressing vArlou
opinions As 10 the nature OF the crime
The short, s,ubby man removed the pip
from hi. mouth and in very mild voie'
made the single remark "a coward!
sko, and the fellow oagh, to dance II
the air In less than two hours; and i'm
msdisiely all parties sgresd with ihil
worthy. We shall meet .,hi, man sgli'
before we finish our tour Of the Park
bu, will say here ,hl, his name l, J. y
Beidlsr. who has had the mos, even,fu
history Of any man now living IN ,h'
Northwest A dead sko, With rifle OF
revolver. A. cool ~ "a iesbsfs. who poi'
ses.es no knowledge Of fear. The mos
tiEieisn, sheriff and United States mar.
,hal who ever held a commission west
Of the Missouri River. OF his history ~
will speak hereafter.
We Are now but four miles from the
Mammoth lIo, Springs, and ~ several
kour. Of dAyligh, remain we will walk
up through the Gardiner river canon ic
the hotel. As we pas. out from Garii'
nsr we mus, stop a momen, and enjoy
the mountain scenery. Great peak
tower above our heads aud the Almos.
pherc "a 90 clear tia, they appear TO b'
but a few rods dl.iani. The Devils
Slide. which j, huge ,luiee way Cut
from the top of mountain range 20 rs
base. leaving a perpendicular wall Of
.,oae On each eide several hundred feet
high. isA very interesting p1ini TO visit.
We follow up the right bank of the Gar.
diner river which here uniis' Us waters
with those Of the Yellowstone. and sooa
enter the great canon. Fer = mile or
mote the scenery s sublime. The rive'
has literally cut iis way through The
mountain range leaving IL walls hanging
ragged and broken hundfels u feet
above the water. A turnpike has been
constructed upon the bank q the ri'er
and 90 narrow !. the eAnoa tia, In mAny
place, tic road hA, been eat IN the solid
rock. In one place the canon wall, rise
one thousand feet above the road. These
wall. are Of rock and they are scanned
and broken In the wildss, fashion. A
walk or ride through the canon Is enough
TO repay one ior = greA, ',eriaee made IN
reaching Il.
We soon begin 10 see puii' and jets OF
steam rising from the banks u the river.
These are the advanced guard Of the "a.
nous Ho, Spring, which We are now on
our way 20 visit. We crossed the boan.
dAry line Of the park sooa after lea'ins
Gardiner, and We ate now walking With
in the charmed circle of the world. Won
deilanl. And here ss are beside the
frs, ho, spring. tiny little enc a. u -
no, over two Zee, in diameter. bat boiling
10, and s,eaming away with the greatest
defiance, although /, il located not over
.iI Zee, from the riyer itself Thi, is the
place where they catch h,h and boil them
on the hook. Scores Of 'Prings are scatter
ed along the rivsr banks. Some Of them
even break ou, In the bed Of the rissr
and send the boiling water into the chill
ing embrace Of the dark hood Of waters
above them
Bansln. Peak. NJ. EvAri, aud Flee
uic Peak. with msny Others Of le'.er
note ,,and like grim ,en,inel' 70 guard
this entrance TO the park. Mt Evsri'
/. named ior the poor fellow who go'
lo., here away back In the seventies and
Who for ,hir,y-sigh, days wandered amid
the frost, ice And snow Of the late au'
,umn. until be was discovered by Jack
B.rone,,e. bu, 90 reduced in body. and
shattered in intellect that he has nevei
recovered. bu, Is poor broken wreck o'
a man.
We will now climb the hill. leaving
the Gardiner river more 10 our left. and
after long. weary tramp up the steer
ridge or bluf. We reach bread plateau,
from which rises the Mammoth Springs
Hotel" with proportions % ample that
/, can AccomodA,e five hundred guests.
Two hundred workmsn were employed
upon IL, their saws and hammers were
making a woefal elA,isr as we Ascended
the hotel step, 10 the large verAndah
where We me, four scores OF tourists. all
snxiou. to behold the wonders Of the
Yellowstone.
And here we will pause fof the night
aud from ,ki. point star, forth in the
morning 70 complete our pilgrimage. and
poin, out 20 our friends some points and
objects Of interest. TO.
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